Party = Porter

Meet Marci, a.k.a. Party Porter. One day I got home from class and had a sudden urge to go take pictures. So Marci willingly obliged and got all dolled up. We headed up to the Provo Temple to take pictures. You would not guess that location by this first image I posted (black and white). But I really really love the image. It shows a side of Marci that no one ever sees because... well she doesn't have a dark and creepy side. So maybe we can call it her seductive side... But I still love it. I had to add the jumping picture because jumping picture = Marci. No matter where she is, there is always a jumping picture. Kennedy and Kristi can attest to this, and I'm sure everyone else who knows her can as well!

The First Ever

I have come to appreciate my friends a ton in my photography. A lot of what I have been able to do is because a friend of a friend refers another friend back to me. And all crazy things.

My first "professional" shoot was an engagement session. I had never met the couple before which made me a little nervous that they were trusting ME, someone that hadn't done anything before for their pictures. Darrin (the groom) worked with one of my friends roommates. She (my friends roommate) saw some stuff I did through good ol' facebook and told Darrin about it.

So... because it was my first I will only post very few of what we did that day. They look great, but as for me and my skills, I feel that I have gotten quite a bit better since this shoot.

This is the image the chose for their announcement

The First Ever continued

I saw Darrin and Cari in the mall a few weeks ago so it reminded me to post some of the stuff I did with them.

This was my first "professional" bridal shoot I ever did. It was last summer. I had done her engagements and then she asked me to do her bridal photos which I was really excited to do. Bridals are now one of my favorite shoots to do!

Cari got ready at one of her friends house and ended up forgetting to pack some fancy shoes to wear. She borrowed a pair of her friends (the yellow ones) which luckily was one of her colors she chose for her wedding. The image with the flowers and shoes is one of my favorites from the shoot. Funny how weird things work out like that.

Sarah

I met Sarah when I lived over by BYU. Sarah has a personality that is so great, people love to be around her. She wanted some shots done of herself just for fun! And I thought she would be so fun to photograph so it ended up being a win-win situation! So on a blistering cold Saturday afternoon, we found some fun locations in Provo and embraced the cold.
My favorite part about her photographs are her eyes. The way she connects with the camera really pulls me into each photograph. It is really intriguing!
I hope you enjoy each photo as much I as I have!

calgary

This past week I was able to go to Canada! It was so fun to see family and friends that I hadn't seen in quite a while. We went up for my Grandpa's surprise 80th birthday! All his kids were there together - all at once - which hasn't happened in so long. Needless to say, he was pretty excited.

The main thing on my agenda while on my trip was to take some sweet photos. One morning while in Taber, my mom woke up with me early so I could go photograph my grandpas farm and other way cool things there. It was really nice because not many people or animals were up yet so it was very quiet and relaxing to photograph. My mom came with me to be my scribe (write down all my exposures and zone changes to save time). I got some really fun images that I am really excited to play around with!
Then, while in Calgary, my dad took me out late one night so I could get a night shot of the city scape. I love these types of photographs. We didn't go to my favorite view of the city so i'll do that one next time. Sadly, when I took the same shot with my 35 mm film camera, I under-exposed it. So there isn't a whole lot of information on the film. I thought a 5 minute exposure would for sure be over-exposing it. You most likely have no idea what I'm talking about.... But I was just lucky to have my dad take me so i didn't get lost in a crazy part of Calgary.

I will scan in some of my negatives and post more photos of beautiful Canada another time.

calgary

This past week I was able to go to Canada! It was so fun to see family and friends that I hadn't seen in quite a while. We went up for my Grandpa's surprise 80th birthday! All his kids were there together - all at once - which hasn't happened in so long. Needless to say, he was pretty excited.



The main thing on my agenda while on my trip was to take some sweet photos. One morning while in Taber, my mom woke up with me early so I could go photograph my grandpas farm and other way cool things there. It was really nice because not many people or animals were up yet so it was very quiet and relaxing to photograph. My mom came with me to be my scribe (write down all my exposures and zone changes to save time). I got some really fun images that I am really excited to play around with!
Then, while in Calgary, my dad took me out late one night so I could get a night shot of the city scape. I love these types of photographs. We didn't go to my favorite view of the city so i'll do that one next time. Sadly, when I took the same shot with my 35 mm film camera, I under-exposed it. So there isn't a whole lot of information on the film. I thought a 5 minute exposure would for sure be over-exposing it. You most likely have no idea what I'm talking about.... But I was just lucky to have my dad take me so i didn't get lost in a crazy part of Calgary.

I will scan in some of my negatives and post more photos of beautiful Canada another time.

photoshop

For my Digital Imaging (photoshop) class, we had to recreate a website. Luckily we did not have to do any coding (make it an actual working site). We just had to recreate all the images and texts using photoshop. It was actually a really fun assignment.

I chose to do the OAR website. They are my favorite band so I figured I would not mind looking at their site constantly and all their wonderfully looking faces :)

Unfortunately, my version of photoshop is lame and I couldn't use it for this assingment so I've been spending what seems like forever in the library. And let me tell you... there are some very unique people in the library.

So this is my end result. The project that has taken up my nights for the past few weeks in finally complete. Now... on to the next one!